brentoli Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 City ponders extra $6.5 million paid for paramedics over basic EMTs For some, a bee sting can escalate from scary to fatal in matter of minutes. That's why Columbus paramedics are trained to recognize and treat anaphylactic shock. But a recommendation that the city compare the costs and quality of advanced life support (what paramedics provide) and basic life support (what firefighters provide) could change everything. Would be the first major city to have BLS only service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireflymedic Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 didn't denver consider this at one point? I'm thinking they did, but then the idea got shot down. In columbus, unless you are on the far outskirts of the county out by grove city, etc you are fairly close to a hospital wherever you go. There are quite a few to choose from so would this be an entirely bad idea? Perhaps not. Also, there are private services which could be contracted with if needed to supplement with ALS. But having said that, I can also see it becoming a recipe for disaster with sub par fire providers causing havoc. If the city is in that bad of a financial situation - do away with the high salaries of their city officials and pay for real medical care that's not provided by the fire department ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustdevil Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Posted http://www.emtcity.com/index.php?showtopic=14656 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportygirl Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Are they trying to get rid of Paramedics? To save money? It sounds that way to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMT City Administrator Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Duplicate topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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